See ya, Bumbo!

See ya, Bumbo seat. I'm moving on to bigger and better.

It can't be true! We were warned that time flies extra fast with the second baby and they sure were right. At 5 1/2 months, our little Caroline is sitting up! Granted, she's still wobbly and is prone to tipping over the moment she gets distracted with something......or when her sister pushes her over ( Ella is not fond of the new attention her little sister is receiving over her latest accomplishment. Sigh.), but we've even seen her grow stronger in one day of practicing. It's almost like she was capable of sitting up earlier than we prompted her to. But Caroline seems pretty proud of herself and is most likely appreciating the new view on life from her sitting position. And not that we want her to get any older, but we've been looking forward to this moment so that she and Ella can interact a little easier, too. Needless to say, she's still a total doll but hope that she doesn't start crawling anytime soon....we'll have to wipe the dust off the baby gates and get ready for the next phase!

Caroline's first day of sitting up, 2/15/10. We were getting ready for bed and Erika thought she'd "test" Caroline's strength....and to her surprise, voila! Caroline sits up! She looks about as surprised as we were!

The next day, practicing and gaining strength

Probably thinking - Mom! Enough with the pictures already!

Taking a happy break, good thing this pillow was here! Sitting up is tough work!

Back at it....boy, this blue elephant sure is interesting....